lit\u00adtle less<\/em> cyn\u00adi\u00adcal in this case; like many cen\u00adtre-left thinkers (read: aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic snob) I believe break\u00ading the cycle of the all-see\u00ading author\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan father-fig\u00adure is a wor\u00adthy goal. The ener\u00adgy we inject into feed\u00ading reli\u00adgion could be bet\u00adter spent on edu\u00adcat\u00ading the incom\u00ading gen\u00ader\u00ada\u00adtion on the need for com\u00admon moral\u00adi\u00adty and respect built from our own expe\u00adri\u00adences, not from sources irra\u00adtional\u00adly divi\u00adsive and sci\u00aden\u00adtif\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly and soci\u00ado\u00adlog\u00adi\u00adcal\u00adly thousounds of years out-of-date.<\/p>\nTo be blunt I\u2019ve always seen San\u00adta Claus as a micro\u00adcosm for the greater reli\u00adgious direc\u00adtion: as irra\u00adtional, inex\u00adpe\u00adri\u00adenced chil\u00addren with no under\u00adstand\u00ading of the mores of larg\u00ader soci\u00adety, most of us need a struc\u00adture to keep us in check until we learn to ratio\u00adnalise on our own and out\u00adgrow the need to per\u00adform for the omnipresent being. Have we as adults ever out\u00adgrown the next phase?<\/p>\n
(This bypass\u00ades the entire dis\u00adcus\u00adsion on whether young chil\u00addren are even sen\u00adtient, which is inter\u00adest\u00ading in its own right.)<\/p>\n
On the prob\u00adlem of export\u00ading ideals and com\u00admon\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty to chil\u00addren, I think we\u2019ve lost a lot by becom\u00ading a media-dri\u00adven cul\u00adture with\u00adout the face-to-face fam\u00adi\u00adly and com\u00admu\u00adni\u00adty dis\u00adcourse that ties peo\u00adple togeth\u00ader through shared expe\u00adri\u00adences. And I under\u00adstand that said dis\u00adcourse is a core part of the reli\u00adgious expe\u00adri\u00adence; I\u2019d like that same dis\u00adcourse but with\u00adout the par\u00adrot\u00ading of ancient verse and the attri\u00adbu\u00adtion of our moral struc\u00adture to mys\u00adti\u00adcal beings. It gen\u00aduine\u00adly speaks of our will\u00ading\u00adness to demote our poten\u00adtial. Do we actu\u00adal\u00adly want to improve? That involves grow\u00ading up as a soci\u00adety and drop\u00adping a lot of bag\u00adgage, and sad\u00adly for many peo\u00adple that bag\u00adgage pro\u00advides the com\u00admon\u00adal\u00adi\u00adty that allows us to speak to one anoth\u00ader civil\u00adly, since most oth\u00ader avenues of bond\u00ading are closed off.<\/p>\n
As a race we\u2019re intrin\u00adsi\u00adcal\u00adly attract\u00aded to sto\u00adry\u00adtelling and the want to believe in some\u00adthing greater than our\u00adselves; I think that\u2019s because we nom\u00adi\u00adnate any height we can\u2019t yet reach for idol\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion. Maybe that ten\u00addan\u00adcy is inescapable with\u00adout a change of wiring\u2026 but a dis\u00adcus\u00adsion of vol\u00adun\u00adtary human\u00adi\u00adtar\u00adi\u00adan eugen\u00adics and genet\u00adic engi\u00adneer\u00ading is some\u00adthing I\u2019ll leave for anoth\u00ader post.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
Using the delight\u00adful\u00adly inflam\u00adma\u00adto\u00adry title \u201cStu\u00addents to be taught there\u2019s no God\u201d: http:\/\/www.news.com.au\/story\/0,27574,24797395\u201329277,00.html I remain respect\u00adful\u00adly cyn\u00adi\u00adcal of any organ\u00adi\u00adsa\u00adtion preach\u00ading eth\u00adi\u00adcal stand\u00adpoints to chil\u00addren in the absense of parental super\u00advi\u00adsion, but I might be a lit\u00adtle less cyn\u00adi\u00adcal in this case; like many cen\u00adtre-left thinkers (read: aca\u00add\u00ade\u00adm\u00adic snob) I believe break\u00ading the cycle of [\u2026]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wp_typography_post_enhancements_disabled":false,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=60"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/60\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=60"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=60"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/xhva.net\/log\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=60"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}